Joan Laporta has been named as Barcelona president for a second time after winning the club's election.
Laporta, whose central pledge was to keep Lionel Messi at the club, won more than 54% of the vote.
The 58-year-old, who oversaw the appointment of Pep Guardiola as head coach in his previous spell at the club between 2003-2010, succeeds Josep Maria Bartomeu who resigned in October.
Victor Font was second with 30% of the vote, with Toni Freixa a distant third.
Barcelona said 55,611 of its 109,531 eligible participants voted within the election, which became postponed from January because of coronavirus restrictions in Catalonia.
Laporta signed the likes of Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho and previous Cameroon forward Samuel Eto'o in his first stint as president, with the club triumphing the Champions League twice, four La Liga titles and the Copa del Rey.
Messi additionally emerged as a world megastar in the course of that period and turned into amongst numerous modern Barca players to vote within the election.
Amid champagne celebrations on Sunday night, Laporta shouted: "Now permit's visit Paris and notice if we are able to make any other 'remontada' [comeback] occur!
"Seeing Leo [Messi] go to vote, the nice participant in the world, balloting along with his son, for me, this indicates what we've said all alongside, that Leo loves Barca, that we are all a massive circle of relatives. Hopefully that helps him to stay that is what we all want."
Barcelona face Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday in the Champions League final 16, with a 4-1 deficit to make up from the outlet leg.
Longer time period, Laporta's task could be to rebuild a membership in crisis, with crippling debts exacerbated by way of the pandemic and Messi thinking about leaving without spending a dime whilst his agreement expires this summer.
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